Verbandsgemeinde Nordpfälzer Land
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Coordinates: 49 ° 38 ' N , 7 ° 49' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
County : | Donnersbergkreis | |
Area : | 243.76 km 2 | |
Residents: | 17,435 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 72 inhabitants per km 2 | |
License plate : | KIB, ROK | |
Association key : | 073335007 nA | |
Association structure: | 36 municipalities | |
Association administration address : |
Bezirksamtsstrasse 7 67806 Rockenhausen |
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Mayor : | Michael Cullmann ( SPD ) | |
Location of the Verbandsgemeinde Nordpfälzer Land in the Donnersbergkreis | ||
The Verbandsgemeinde Nordpfälzer Land , based in the city of Rockenhausen , was created on January 1, 2020 from the merger of the Rhineland-Palatinate municipalities of Alsenz-Obermoschel and Rockenhausen in the Donnersbergkreis .
General
The state government's bill to merge the two original municipalities to form the Nordpfälzer Land association was passed by the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament on January 31, 2019 . The main office of the administration is in Rockenhausen, but an administration office will remain in the municipality of Alsenz . The Verbandsgemeinde has a total of 36 local communities , including the cities of Rockenhausen and Obermoschel .
Association members communities
Local parish, city | Area (km²) | Residents |
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Alsenz | 12.88 | 1,664 |
Bayerfeld-Steckweiler | 8.60 | 409 |
Bi-difference | 5.16 | 240 |
Dielkirchen | 8.10 | 450 |
Dried mussel | 2.88 | 139 |
Finkenbach-Gersweiler | 7.73 | 288 |
Gaugrehweiler | 9.92 | 537 |
Gehrweiler | 4.09 | 312 |
Gerbach | 7.32 | 512 |
Gundersweiler | 10.44 | 515 |
Imsweiler | 9.90 | 532 |
Lime kiln | 1.83 | 155 |
Katzenbach | 6.06 | 509 |
Mannweiler-Cölln | 4.90 | 364 |
Munsterappel | 6.33 | 479 |
Niederhausen an der Appel | 5.46 | 237 |
Niedermoschel | 6.62 | 473 |
Oberhausen an der Appel | 3.34 | 162 |
Obermoschel , city | 10.15 | 1,051 |
Oberndorf | 2.80 | 244 |
Ransweiler | 4.80 | 241 |
Rathskirchen | 5.12 | 172 |
Reichsthal | 2.17 | 104 |
Rockenhausen , city | 36.84 | 5,365 |
Ruppertsecken | 9.43 | 349 |
Saint Alban | 5.46 | 277 |
Schiersfeld | 7.07 | 225 |
Schönborn | 2.60 | 124 |
Souls | 3.16 | 139 |
Sitters | 2.63 | 94 |
Stahlberg | 2.59 | 172 |
Teschenmoschel | 3.73 | 117 |
Unkenbach | 5.13 | 204 |
Waldgrehweiler | 7.75 | 209 |
Winterborn | 8.45 | 165 |
Wurzweiler | 2.32 | 206 |
Verbandsgemeinde Nordpfälzer Land | 243.76 | 17,435 |
(Residents on December 31, 2019)
politics
Association municipal council
The local council Nordpfälzer country consists of 32 honorary council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation were elected, and the full-time mayor as chairman.
The distribution of seats in the municipal council:
choice | SPD | CDU | FDP | GREEN | FL | total |
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2019 | 13 | 7th | 4th | 3 | 5 | 32 seats |
- FL = free list
mayor
The first full-time mayor of the new Nordpfälzer Land association became Michael Cullmann ( SPD ) on January 1, 2020 . On June 16, 2019, the previous mayor of the Rockenhausen community prevailed in a runoff election against Tanja Gaß, which was supported by the CDU and FWG . The runoff became necessary because none of the original five applicants had received the required majority in the direct election on May 26, 2019.
coat of arms
The Palatinate Lion , a compass rose pointing north, and three wavy bars that represent the Alsenz , Moschel and Appel rivers are the symbols on the new coat of arms of the Nordpfälzer Land association.
Web links
- Website of the Nordpfälzer Land association
- Information on the merger of the municipalities of Alsenz-Obermoschel and Rockenhausen
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ^ Draft law of the state government
- ↑ Landtag votes for law to merge the municipalities of Alsenz-Obermoschel and Rockenhausen
- ↑ Merger Agreement
- ^ The regional returning officer RLP: Association municipal council elections 2019 North Palatinate region. Retrieved August 13, 2019 .
- ^ The Rhine Palatinate: Michael Cullmann becomes mayor in the North Palatinate region. June 16, 2019, accessed November 30, 2019 .